PG111: Scaramucci Out & Kelly In, Immigration, Jobs, Senate Ignoring Trump

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

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4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Jay start this week with an analysis of the shakeup among President Trump's top advisors. First it was Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci being fired 10 days after he was named to the position and before his first official day on the job. The man behind the firing was new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, who many conservatives hope will bring some order and discipline to the White House. Mike and Jay wonder if this is possible, given that so much of the chaos seems to come from the president himself. Next it's a look at the major restructuring of immigration policy for which President Trump signaled his approval. Neither Jay nor Mike think the move is advisable, but it's clearly near and dear to the hearts of nationalists like top Trump advisor Steve Bannon. After that the Guys take a look at some good jobs news, which President Trump quickly took full credit for, even though the pace of job creation over his first six months in office is actually slightly behind job creation during President Obama's last six months in office. The larger point though is that presidents tend to get (and take) way too much credit for good economic news, and get way too much blame when the economy isn't performing well. Finally, Jay and Mike consider some actions recently taken by the Senate, particularly a move to shore up Obamacare, and wonder whether the Senate might be moving on from President Trump. This week's show is sponsored by: ZipRecruiter where Politics Guys listeners can post jobs on ZipRecruiter for FREE by going to https://www.ziprecruiter.com/politicsguy Blue Apron. Check out this week's menu and get your first THREE meals free with free shipping by going to http://www.blueapron.com/tpg Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you're interested in supporting the show, go to http://www.politicsguys.com and click on the Patreon link.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the politics guys. I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
0:28.8	With me today's my co-host, attorney and Republican strategist, Jay Carson.
0:38.8	It's been yet another chaotic week in the Trump administration, which, of course, was highlighted by the firing of White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci only 10 days after his appointment was announced and even before his first official day on the job.
0:46.1	Wow. Yeah. Now, one version of events, of course, is that Scaramucci was removed because he accomplished his main mission,
0:53.4	which was removing former White House
0:55.4	Chief of Staff, you know, or Rens Privas, who was replaced by former Marine General and
1:00.1	former Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. So at this point, Donald Trump is on his second
1:06.0	chief of staff, his second National Security Advisor, his second press secretary, and his fourth communications director,
1:12.4	once he finds someone to take that big prize of a job, all in less than seven months.
1:18.3	So, Jay, what do you make of these latest personnel changes?
1:21.1	And what would you say are the odds that Kelly can write the ship?
1:27.4	Oh, you know, I have no idea as far as the odds,
1:30.0	just because, you know, look, I'm not there.
1:33.7	I don't know any of these people personally.
1:37.3	I don't know how they'll react.
1:39.9	I think certainly Kelly coming in
1:42.9	and the immediate dismissal of Scaramucci, if you are, well, look, if you're, if you're a Republican, you have to be very much heartened by this.
1:53.4	You know, when Tray and I talked last week, there was very much the sense that, yeah, Scaramucci once now that he would be in, he was what would be all the de facto chief of staff, you know, with Prebus out.
2:05.1	And that that was sort of a victory for the Trumpians over your more traditional people who worked in the political process.
2:15.6	But, I mean, it was pretty short-lived.
2:18.5	And my sense is that Kelly taking that first big step and quick step really should send
2:26.4	a message.
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